ABAT FREE Procedures and Intervention Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

Discrete trial training (DTT) is characterized by which structural format?

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A structured, massed trial format with a clear SD, response, and consequence, repeated in rapid succession

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Child-led, embedded teaching with naturally occurring reinforcers

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Continuous, whole-session naturalistic teaching embedded in play

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Group instruction without individual reinforcement

Question 2

Which of the following is an evidence-based ABA procedure for teaching a learner to tolerate delays to reinforcement?

Accepted Answer

Differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) with gradually increasing intervals

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Extinction

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Response blocking

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Positive punishment

Question 3

Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) targets which verbal operant first?

Accepted Answer

Mand

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Intraverbal

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Tact

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Echoic

Question 4

Social stories, as an intervention for learners with ASD, are designed to:

Accepted Answer

Describe social situations and appropriate social responses using a structured narrative format to build social understanding

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Reduce escape-maintained problem behavior through extinction

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Replace verbal communication with visual supports

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Provide positive reinforcement for social behaviors

Question 5

Video modeling as an ABA intervention involves:

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Using video recordings of models performing target behaviors for the learner to observe and imitate

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Recording problem behavior for review during supervision sessions

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Filming sessions for data collection purposes only

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Using video games as a reinforcer in a token economy

Question 6

Token economies function as a behavior management system by:

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Using conditioned reinforcers (tokens) that can be exchanged for backup reinforcers, bridging the delay between behavior and primary reinforcement

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Delivering natural reinforcers contingently on the absence of problem behavior

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Removing all primary reinforcers to increase motivation

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Using intermittent primary reinforcement only